{"id":209776,"date":"2026-03-18T12:57:19","date_gmt":"2026-03-18T12:57:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/209776\/"},"modified":"2026-03-18T12:57:19","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T12:57:19","slug":"half-naked-twerking-spring-breaker-hurled-from-jeep-in-horrifying-texas-crash-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/209776\/","title":{"rendered":"Half-naked twerking spring breaker hurled from Jeep in horrifying Texas crash: video"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1242\" height=\"828\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img w-full w-full h-auto\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/5c4a09b4125cf6aaa9bf4d257d7ff271.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>A half-naked reveler in Texas twerked atop a speeding jeep moments before the vehicle\u2019s drunk driver smashed into a car and sent him flying, a viral video shows.<\/p>\n<p>The 22-year-old man sustained a serious head injury after flying off the Jeep in the spring break hotspot of Port Aransas, a beach enclave near Corpus Christi, local police told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kristv.com\/news\/local-news\/in-your-neighborhood\/nueces-county\/port-aransas\/viral-crash-video-sparks-safety-concerns-in-port-aransas-during-spring-break\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:KRIS 6.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">KRIS 6.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The video, which went viral on social media, shows the man dancing suggestively on the roof; another clip shows the aftermath of the crash, in which paramedics treat his wounds while the driver and passengers \u2014 all wearing swimsuits \u2014 look on.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"A man filmed twerking on a Jeep moments before crashing in Port Aransas, TX, on March 14. r\/world24x7hr\/reddit\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"761\" height=\"1023\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img w-full w-full h-auto\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/a4e4a5560063c0572f8cd177c6ff71af.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>A man filmed twerking on a Jeep moments before crashing in Port Aransas, TX, on March 14. r\/world24x7hr\/reddit<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Crash survivors surveying the damage; the Jeep\u2019s driver was arrested for DWI. r\/world24x7hr\/reddit\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"609\" height=\"1023\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img w-full w-full h-auto\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/97f4063cffe9f0f3620be6ad9b3ecef8.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Crash survivors surveying the damage; the Jeep\u2019s driver was arrested for DWI. r\/world24x7hr\/reddit<\/p>\n<p>The Jeep\u2019s driver, Riley Rhoades, was arrested for DWI after failing a breathalyzer test, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kiiitv.com\/article\/news\/local\/port-aransas-mayor-addresses-safety-spring-break-chaos\/503-d9a1e8ea-5315-4aff-9ba1-bcb12185438d\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:according to KIIITV.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">according to KIIITV. <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Rhoades faces charges of intoxication assault and is being held in the Nueces County Jail on a $10,000 bond, the outlet said.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"EMTs treat the severely wounded man after he was thrown from the vehicle. r\/world24x7hr\/reddit\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"689\" height=\"1023\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img w-full w-full h-auto\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/5c4ea9b015815b261d8e78b2965e69d9.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>EMTs treat the severely wounded man after he was thrown from the vehicle. r\/world24x7hr\/reddit<\/p>\n<p>The tragic high-speed twerking was but one of several incidents in a weekend of chaos for Port Aransas, which only has around 3,000 permanent residents but hosts 80,000 to 100,000 spring breakers every year, the town\u2019s mayor, Wendy Moore,\u00a0told KIIITV.<\/p>\n<p>A 17-year-old from San Antonio allegedly sent five people to the hospital when he opened fire on the beach late Saturday night, <a href=\"https:\/\/news4sanantonio.com\/news\/local\/san-antonio-teen-has-bond-set-at-500k-in-port-aransas-beach-shooting-that-injured-five-texas-bexar-county-nueces-county-court-judge-courtroom-hospital-ambulance-handgun-evidence\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:according to KrisTV;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">according to KrisTV<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Prosecutors claim the alleged shooter, Ernesto Josiah Castillo, pulled a gun and started blasting during a confrontation between two rival groups, an arrest report obtained by the outlet said.<\/p>\n<p>Castillo faces five counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, each charge carrying a $100,000 bond.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A half-naked reveler in Texas twerked atop a speeding jeep moments before the vehicle\u2019s drunk driver smashed into&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":209777,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[155,157,156,82233,7805,81536,24681],"class_list":["post-209776","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-corpus-christi","tag-corpus-christi","tag-corpus-christi-headlines","tag-corpus-christi-news","tag-kiiitv","tag-port-aransas","tag-spring-breakers","tag-viral-video"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209776","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=209776"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209776\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/209777"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=209776"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=209776"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=209776"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}